You know you're stressed with your job when:
o You become amazingly productive on your personal projects
o There are more days with multiple people escaping than without - and
the people leaving are all of the clued ones.
o You open a large bar of chocolate and a few minutes later you start
to look for it, only to realise that you've already eaten it.
o You think about the large Micro$oft campus being built in the city and
start pondering about a job there as *anything* is better than what
you're currently doing.
o You start eyeing the hangman's noose hanging by the side of your desk
longingly.
o Goat herding in Outer Mongolia sounds a good career move
o You wish to become a cat as they don't have to deal with politically
inspired code changes involving kludges from hell. You could also curl
up asleep on top of your monitor.
o You start to realise that updating your CV and giving the BHeadHunterFH
a call would be a good idea.
o You start yearning for the cigarettes you gave up years ago
o You are very focused and motivated. Unless you're doing something
related to your job. In which case you're mind hops around like a demented
grasshopper on speed.
o You work out that you'd owe the company around $15,000 if you converted
the share options to cash[1]
o The only thing keeping you at the company is the routed network you
have down the modem at home which can stay up 24/7
o You start writing a "You know you're stressed with you job" list
instead of doing real work.
o ..... and the list is *really* easy to write
[1] You know, when you vest all of the options, sell them and then pay the
cost of vesting the shares out of the profits.